The following occurred in the following order:
1. Received unprotected oral sex.
2. After worrying excessively for 3 weeks, begin feeling pain in urethra, with no discharge. (Had not ruled out at time that it was in my head.)
3. Went to STD clinic. Full range of tests, all negative.
4. Symptoms persist. Return to clinic 1-2 weeks later. They took urethral swab, and 5-10 minutes later came back with diagnosis of NGU. I was given a week's worth of doxycycline, which I took exactly as directed.
5. Symptoms did not subside with doxycycline.
6. After taking doxycyline, had a fully protected sexual encounter. Actually, a failed one, since I couldn't get it up. Barely any vaginal pentration, in fact.
7. Returned to clinic one week after finishing doxycycline, and several days after protected encounter. Urethral swab taken. 5-10 later, doctor comes back with diagnosis of gonorrhea. Given cipro and another round of doxycycline. Told not to return for 3 months.
8. Symptoms persist. Desperate, I order antibiotics from companies in India and Mexico and take several courses sufficient to cure every bacterial STD several times over. Symptoms persist for several more months, then go away. Returned to clinic and all tests negative.
9. About a year later, diagnosed with nonbacterial inflammatory prostatitis. I've probably had it for several years, but dismissed the symptoms until recently.
I'm trying to reconcile the inconsistent STD tests a year ago. At the very least, one of the first two had to be wrong. I guess it's possible that I contracted gonorrhea from the protected encounter between the second and third.
Do you have any thoughts, Doctor? Also, can inflammatory prostatitis cause an NGU diagnosis because of white blood cells from the prostate getting into the urethra?
Thanks in advance.